This account describes our recent studies on the development of a general method of
preparing polyfunctionalized pyrrolidine, indolizidine, pyrrolizidine and pyrrolo[1,2-a]azepines and their related alkaloids.
vinyl epoxides - aminolysis - oxazolidinones - ring-closing metathesis - pyrrolidines
- indolizidine - pyrrolizidine and pyrrolo[1,2-a]azepines - Petasis reaction